(Exodus 12 — 43) "And the L–rd said to Moses and Aaron"

Mekhilta DeRabbi Yishmael Mekhilta Tractate Pischa 15:1

Curated by The Jewish Mythology Team · Published January 6, 2025

(Exodus 12:43) "And the L–rd said to Moses and Aaron": There are some sections (in the Torah) which are generic in the beginning and specific after, and some which are specific in the beginning and generic after. (Exodus 19:6) "And you shall be unto Me a kingdom of lords and a holy nation"—specific; (Ibid.) "these are the things that you shall speak"—generic. (Numbers 19:2) "This is the statute of the Torah"—generic; (Ibid.) "They shall take to you a red heifer"—specific. (Exodus 12:43) "This is the statute of the Paschal offering"—generic; (Ibid.) "No stranger may eat of it"—specific. There is subsumed in the generic only what is in the specific.

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